The Indian hockey team enjoyed a glorious year in 2021, with the men winning an Olympic medal after 41 years.
Uwe Hohn had coached Neeraj Chopra to the gold medal in 2018 Asian and Commonwealth Games in javelin.
IOC president Thomas Bach has cancelled the trip to Japan as the country battles the fourth wave of infections.
Virat Kohli and other Indian cricketers have received their first coronavirus vaccine shots before they leave for England.
The Tokyo Olympics 2021 are just two months away but Tokyo is battling a fourth wave of infections.
India were boosted by goals from Harmanpreet Singh, Lalit Upadhyay and Mandeep Singh.
The Tokyo 2020 Olympic Torch Relay started in Fukushima on March 25.
Tokyo Olympics has seen the first pullout by a nation due to coronavirus and that is North Korea.